Jan Čapek of Sány

Jan Čapek of Sány (Czech: Jan Čapek ze Sán; c. 1390, Sány – c. 1452, probably in Hukvaldy) was a Czech Hussite noble, general of Władysław III of Poland.

He fought as a cavalry commander at the Battle of Lipany in 1434, and has been condemned for fleeing the field.

[1] Čapek was first mentioned in Hungarian sources as a leader of Władysław’s Hungarian-Polish army, which around 15 June 1440 occupied Győr, a territory belonged to Elizabeth of Luxemburg and her son, Ladislaus the Posthumous.

He took part at the war against Ottomans in 1443, but he was not mentioned as a participant of the Battle of Varna, where the king died.

He returned to Moravia, where he owned the castle of Hukvaldy.